Dust-protector for pool and billiard tables.



No. 847,246. PATENTED MAR. 12,1907.

' L. J. DIRAND.

DUST PROTECTOR FOR POOL AND BILLIARDTABLBS.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1906.

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DUST-PROTECTOR FOR POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iatenteci March 12, 1907.

Application filed April 26,1906. Serial No. 313,830.

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. DIRAND, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Torrington, in the county of Litchfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and Improved Dust-Protector for Pooland Billiard Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to improve upon the construction of thedust-protective cover for which Letters Patent were granted to me April3, 1906, Patent No. 816,568, which improvements tend to simplify theconstruction and render the attachment adjustable to different heightsof table, enabling the cover in use to lie close to the upper marginalportion of the table, and, further, to so construct the attachment thatwhen not in use it may be dropped to occupy a position entirely out ofthe way of the players. It is also a purpose of the invention to providea means for locking the cover-carrying roller in active or in inactivepositions.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pool-table having the improvementapplied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the protective attachment. Fig.3 is a section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, the rollerfor the cover being removed. Fig. 4 is a section taken practically onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the swingsupporting arms of the attachment, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of abracket for the supporting-arm Arepresents a pool-table of the usualtype, and the attachment, which is shown in detail in Fig. 2, is appliedat one end of the said table. The attachment consists of aspringcontrolled roller 10, to which one end of a cover 11 is applied,and said roller is of a length slightly greater than the width of thetable A, in connection with which it is to be employed. The roller ismounted to turn between arms 12, which arms 12 are provided withelongated slots 13, and screws 14 or their equivalents are passedthrough the said slots and into the ends of the roller 10, rendering thesaid roller adjustable in its bearings, so that the roller when fixed tothe table maybe so adjusted as to bring the cover 11 flat in engagementwith the upper mar ginal portion of the table, as is shown in Fig. 1.The bearing-arms 12 are connected at their lower ends, preferably bymeans of a tube 15, although a rod may be employed for the same purpose,and the said rod or tube 15 is provided with a longitudinal flattenedsurface 16. The said rod or tube enters correspondingly-formed openingsin the lower ends of the bearing-arms 12 and is attached firmly to thearms by solder or other means.

In connection with the rod or tube 15 a series of supporting-arms B isemployed. The central supportingarm is substantially straight, while theouter or end supporting arms are preferably so shaped as to permit thesaid arms to have the greatest possible bearing at the outer portions ofthe rod or tube 15,- and yet not interfere with the end pockets of thetable. Therefore in the construction of the supporting-arms eachconsists of a straight body 17, which in the construction of the centralsupporting-arm is straight throughout, as is shown in Fig. 5; but in theconstruction of the outer or end supporting-arms substantially L-shapedup per projections 18 are formed, as is shown in Fig. 2. In the upperend of each supporting-arm B a circular opening 19 is produced, having aportion of its wall flattened, as is shown at 20 in Fig. 5, and a rod ortube 15 is passed through the openings 19 in the body portions of thesupporting-arms B, and the said arms are attached to said rod or tube 15by solder or by means of screws or pins 20 as illustrated in Fig. 2.Each supportingarm B is provided with a disk or circular head 21 at itslower end offset somewhat from the body 17 of the arm, as best shown inFig. 5, and in the peripheral portion of each head 21 an upper and alower preferably Vshaped notch 22 and 28 are produced.

In connection with the headend of each supporting-arm B a bracket C isemployed. Each bracket is preferably constructed as is shown in Figs. 4and 6, wherein a bracket consists of an apertured top plate 24, adaptedfor attachment to the under portion of the upper overhanging rail of thetable, as is shown in Fig. 1, and a downwardly-extending member but aportion of the upper IIO member 24 of a bracket at one side is carriedout, forming a lip 26, and the head-section 21 of a supporting-arm B ispivotally connected to the downwardly-extending member 25 of a bracket 0by means of a bolt 27, having a suitable nut 28 applied, the bolt beingpassed through the central portion of the head of the saidsupporting-arm, and in order to prevent the bolt 27 from turning, andthus loosening its nut 28, and also in order to hold a supporting-arm inclose frictional engagement with its supporting-bracket a spring-washer29 is employed in connection with each supporting-arm and supportingbracket, the shank portion of the bolt 27 of the bracket being passedthrough the central portion of the washer, as is shown in Figs. 2, 3,and 4, and the washers have bearing against the head portions of thesupporting-arms B. Each washer is provided with a spring-finger 30,extending from the upper portion of the washer, and said spring-fingers30 are made to enter and have free movement in openings 31, made in thevertical members 25 of the said brackets C, as is particularly shown inFig. 4.

When the roller 10 and its supports are carried to the vertical positionshown by full lines in Fig. 1, the roller is held in such position bythe tongues 30 entering the upper notches 22 in the heads of thesupportingarms B, and at such time the cover 11 is drawn over the tableto its opposite end, and a ring 32, attached to the cover, is made topass over or engage with a suitable keeper 33, securely fastened to theunder overhanging portion at the opposite end of the table, as isclearly shown in Fig. 1. When the cover is to be removed, it is simplydisengaged from its keeper 33 and is permitted to wind up upon theroller 10. The roller 10 and its supporting elements are then forceddownward to the dotted position shown in Fig. 1 and will lie close tothe inclined lower portion at the end of the table, being maintained insuch position by reason of the spring-tongues 3O entering the notches 23in theheads of the supporting-arms.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In dust-protectors for pool and billiard tables,brackets, arms pivotally mounted on the brackets, a spring-rollersupported by the arms, a cover attached to the roller, andautomatically-acting spring locking devices carried by the brackets andengaging with said arms 2. In dust-protectors for pool and billiardtables, pivoted roller-carriers adapted to occupy an upper and a lowerposition, auto matic means for locking the carriers in either position,a spring-roller mounted to turn in said carriers, and a cover an end ofwhich is secured to the said roller.

3. In dust-protectors for pool and billiard tables, roller-carriers,brackets to which the roller-carriers are pivoted, the brackets limitingthe movement of the roller-carriers, a spring-roller mounted between thesaid carriers, a cover attached to the said roller, and locking devicesfor the roller-carriers, which locking devices are located on saidbrackets and act automatically on the r0ller-carriers.

4. In dust-protectors for pool and billiard tables, brackets, armspivotally mounted on the brackets, a frame supported by the said arms, aspring-roller mounted to turn in the said frame, a cover attached to thesaid roller, and automatically-acting spring looking devices carried bythe brackets and en gaging with said arms.

, In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS J. DIRAND- WVitnesses CI-IARLEs W. AROHAMBO, EUGENE T. OSULLIVAN.

